This poem was written after the Healing Trauma Class with the Truth Be Told Facilitators. We were asked to draw what love looked like then, now and in the future. Because I suck at drawing, this…

LOVE IN THREE ACTS

I
A trapeze act
A highwire escapade
A jitterbug dance
Swung from the rafters
Sometimes caught
Sometimes dropped
Always jumping in
For another twirl
Another step into
Arms hands lips
Back arched
Enmeshed
Closer, closer, closer
Oh yes
Yes
Yes

II
A slow dance
A hip swaying
Fine Swing
Center of the floor
Hip to hip
Close but not too
Hand in hand
A stroll
An easy tour
Always able to look each other in the eye
As we walk
At day’s end
Into each other’s arms

III
A banked fire
Winter outside pressing
On the window panes
Curling around each other
Like smoke
Like silk
Like worn fleece in slippers
Padding upstairs then down
With tea, with cookies, with ice cream
With little gifts everyday
To see that smile
That one smile

©Lindsey Lane